Tag Archives: South Carolina

(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican candidates … Continue reading →

(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican candidates … Continue reading →

Things certainly can change in a hurry. Going into the South Carolina primary, it looked like Mitt Romney had the Republican nomination wrapped up. He appeared to be heading three for three of the first contests and polls had him … Continue reading →

(Red Right Returning, a nautical mnemonic for the side of the buoy or marker on which to pilot a ship in order to stay in the channel, is a look back at the activity of the past week of the Republican candidates … Continue reading →

Since the beginning of the political season, the creative people at Comedy Central’s hit shows, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have had a great deal of material to work with. Stephen Colbert, in particular, Has … Continue reading →

Jon Huntsman officially drops out of the Republican presidential race today. It’s a little surprising given Huntsman’s expression of satisfaction at the results of the New Hampshire primary. Obviously team Huntsman must have looked ahead and could not discern a … Continue reading →

Despite the battle of perceptions of electability between the Republican candidates the primary is still a matter of accumulating the required number of delegates. There are 2,286 delegates in all the states and territories. Whoever gets more than half those … Continue reading →

Quote of the Week

"He is, in fact, a big fraud, who doesn’t care at all about fiscal responsibility, and whose policy proposals are sloppy as well as dishonest. Of course, this means that he’ll fit in to the Romney campaign just fine."
— Paul Krugman on Paul Ryan